| NASA Center: |
Langley Research Center |
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| Image # : |
L-11151 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1934
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Title
Weick W-1A of 1934
Full Description
Fred Weick's homebuilt W-1A of 1934, one of the first aircraft to employ
tricycle landing gear. Weick and a group of nine other Langley engineers built
this small experimental airplane in their spare time to study the special needs
of the private flyer. The plane was eventually purchased by the Department of
Commerce.
After leaving the NACA (for a second and final time) in 1936, Weick incorporated
many elements of the W-1 into his design of the famous Ercoupe, a small simple-
to-fly airplane built first by the Engineering Research and Development
Corporation (ERCO) of suburban Washington, DC.
Keywords
Weick W-1A Tricycle Landing Gear Ercoupe Langley NACA
Subject Category
Aeronautical Research, NACA-LaRC,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
LARC
- Center Number:
L-11151
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001238
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NACA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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90 |
72 |
7 |
Small |
.jpg |
640 |
512 |
164 |
Medium |
.jpg |
1500 |
1200 |
798 |
Large |
.jpg |
3000 |
2400 |
2,998 |
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